Author: Alexander, Paul J
Title: The Patriarch Nicephorus Of Constantinople - Ecclesiastical Policy And Image Worship In The Byzantine Empire
Description: Oxford University Press - Sandpiper Reprints, 2001, 1st edition thus. Cloth dj, F/F. xiv+287pp, b/w frontis, index, a nice fine copy. New. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0198264011 ¶ Detailed study of the Iconoclastic Controversy which raged in the Byzantine Empire during the eighth and ninth centuries. Were Christian Images Legitimate? The book uses the writings of Nicephorus who is alone in preserving documents surrounding the controversy. The book also gives an outline of his unpublished Refutatio et Eversio.

Keywords: ISBN 0198264011, theology, iconoclysm, byzantium, byzantine history, christianity, history, medieval history 0198264011